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fish, preferring slightly acidic, not too hard water maintained at 20–25 °C (68–77 °F). Since these species are nocturnal burrowers, they need an aquarium with a soft, sandy substrate into which they hide during the daytime and forage in at night. Sharp sand or coarse gravel will damage
486:, and rather sluggish unless disturbed. Like most fish, they are able to swim by undulating their bodies; however, they also propel themselves by pumping water through their gill openings to skip along the substrate. Some species are able to produce sounds by moving their
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766:Acanthobunocephalus nicoi
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659:Neotropical Ichthyology
649:Friel, John P. (2008).
587:. January 2024 version.
128:Subfamilies and genera
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1231:Fish of South America
617:John Wiley & Sons
579:"Family Aspredinidae"
550:List of fish families
426:Hoplomyzon papillatus
223:Pseudobunocephalinae
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884:2006MolPE..41..636S
872:Mol Phylogenet Evol
612:Fishes of the World
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229:Acanthobunocephalus
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395:Description
170:Platystacus
1220:Categories
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561:References
389:Mochokidae
377:Doradoidea
365:Sisoroidea
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334:Of the 13
221:Subfamily
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544:See also
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500:Amaralia
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320:San Juan
294:Paraguay
142:Amaralia
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111:Family:
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880:Bibcode
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619:, Inc.
484:benthic
471:Ecology
461:Aspredo
367:as the
302:Uruguay
282:Orinoco
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101:Order:
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316:Atrato
300:, and
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286:Amazon
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361:Asian
312:Andes
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